03315nam 2200637Ia 450 991081318550332120200520144314.01-282-89603-297866128960330-520-94709-610.1525/9780520947092(CKB)2670000000355317(EBL)599336(OCoLC)698472658(SSID)ssj0000416085(PQKBManifestationID)11297123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000416085(PQKBWorkID)10421086(PQKB)10108237(MiAaPQ)EBC599336(DE-B1597)520340(OCoLC)692204916(DE-B1597)9780520947092(Au-PeEL)EBL599336(CaPaEBR)ebr10428934(CaONFJC)MIL289603(EXLCZ)99267000000035531720100329d2010 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtccrThe docks /Bill Sharpsteen1st ed.Berkeley University of California Press20101 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26193-3 0-520-27135-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Illustrations --Preface --Introduction --1. Valet Parking --2. A Carpet of Containers --3. Moving Cans --4. The Landlord --5. The Diesel Death Zone --6. The Union --7. The Employers --8. The Importer --9. The Shipper --10. Los Troqueros --11. The Hold Men --12. The Women --13. The Clerk --14. Security --15. The New Normal --16. Hawse Piper --References --IndexThe Docks is an eye-opening journey into a giant madhouse of activity that few outsiders ever see: the Port of Los Angeles. In a book woven throughout with riveting novelist detail and illustrated with photographs that capture the frenetic energy of the place, Bill Sharpsteen tells the story of the people who have made this port, the largest in the country, one of the nation's most vital economic enterprises. Among others, we meet a pilot who parks ships, one of the first women longshoremen, union officials and employers at odds over almost everything, an environmental activist fighting air pollution in the "diesel death zone," and those with the nearly impossible job of enforcing security. Together these stories paint a compelling picture of a critical entryway for goods coming into the country-the Port of Los Angeles is part of a complex that brings in 40% of all our waterborne cargo and 70% of all Asian imports-yet one that is also extremely vulnerable. The Docks is a rare look at a world within our world in which we find a microcosm of the labor, environmental, and security issues we collectively face.HarborsCaliforniaLos AngelesStevedoresCaliforniaLos AngelesHarborsStevedores387.109794/94Sharpsteen Bill1954-1632732MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813185503321The docks3972100UNINA